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TWO OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS STUNT PERFORMERS EXECUTING THEIR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NEAR-MISS STUNT TRICK ON USAF FRIENDSHIP DAY AT TORREJON AIR BASE, SPAIN IN 1966

TWO OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS STUNT PERFORMERS EXECUTING THEIR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NEAR-MISS STUNT TRICK ON USAF FRIENDSHIP DAY AT TORREJON AIR BASE, SPAIN IN 1966

This cropped-version photo was taken of the U.S. Air Force "Thunderbirds" jet stunt precision flying team at Torrejon Air Base, Spain on U.S. Air Forc...
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This cropped-version photo was taken of the U.S. Air Force "Thunderbirds" jet stunt precision flying team at Torrejon Air Base, Spain on U.S. Air Force Friendship Day, 1966. Their execution of their dangerous near-miss stunt trick I like to call "The Chickie Run" is shown here which commences when two jet fighters head straight toward each other 50 feet above ground and, at a combined speed of 1,000MPH come within about 18 inches of touching wings! (CAUTION: Don't try this at home! LOL) * By the way, I proudly served in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to my Honorable Discharge in 1967. *
Camera used: Voigtlander Bessamatic Deluxe 35mm SLR with its Zeiss-made Color Septon 50mm f-2 lens with shutter speed of 1-500th second at f-5.6
Original film used: Ektachrome-X ISO 64; scanned with ION FILM 2 SD PLUS scanner into Picasa3 software and subsequently digitized, manipulated, cropped and color-corrected in my Toshiba laptop PC before publication.
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